{"product_id":"farnsworths-classical-english-rhetoric-9781567923858","title":"Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is \u003ci\u003e(pr teritio)\u003c\/i\u003e. Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it \u003ci\u003e(symploce)\u003c\/i\u003e. Buy it and read it - buy it and read it \u003ci\u003e(epimone)\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Bryan A. Garner, \u003ci\u003eGarner's Modern English Usage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone speaks and writes in patterns. Farnsworth is your guide to patterns known as rhetorical figures that can make your words more emphatic, memorable, and effective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book details the timeless principles of rhetoric from Ancient Greece to the present day, drawing on examples in the English language of consummate masters of prose, such as Lincoln, Churchill, Dickens, Melville, and Burke. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost rhetorical figures amount to departures from simple and literal statement, such as repeating words, putting words into an unexpected order, leaving out words that might have been expected, asking questions and then answering them. All apply to the composition of a simple sentence or paragraph--repetition and variety, suspense and relief, concealment and surprise, the creation of expectations and then the satisfaction or frustration of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is for anyone who wants to be a better speaker or writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth, Ward:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWard Farnsworth\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean of the University of Texas School of Law and author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Practicing Stoic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e as well as the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth Classical English\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series which includes \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth's Classical English Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarnsworth's Classical English Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--all published by David R. Godine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875597062418,"sku":"9781567923858","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c1cab14-9366-40c0-9eaf-870ddeea6c69.jpg?v=1738291495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/farnsworths-classical-english-rhetoric-9781567923858","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}